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The Shock of the New (1980)

Documentary

The renowned definitive eight part series on the rise and fall of the modern art movement presented by Australian art critic Robert Hughes.

IMDb rating
8.5 (190 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
Mini-series
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Seasons

Season 1 (1980)

8.52 avg 8 episodes 9.1 → 8.2 59 min avg

Ep 1: 9.1 · 14 votesEp 2: 8.8 · 13 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 13 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 11 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 12 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 12 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 14 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 11 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Mechanical Paradise9.114
2The Powers That Be8.813
3The Landscape of Pleasure8.513
4Trouble in Utopia8.211
5The Threshold of Liberty8.312
6The View from the Edge8.512
7Culture as Nature8.614
8The Future That Was8.211

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